Washing-machine



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NTTEn STATES PATENT Orrrcs.

DANIEL D. FREDERICKS, OF ROSSVILLE, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,144, dated March 2,1886.

Application filed August 11, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL D. FREDERIoKs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rossville, in the county of Clinton and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present device. Fig. 2 is alongitudinally-vertical central sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail Viewof thejournal and the wire hinge.

This device belongs to that class of washing-machines known asreciprocating rubbers, and the novelty consists in the provision madefor the protection of the person operating the machine from the steamodor or vapor arising from the machine when in use, in the constructionand combination of the several parts of the machine, and in the ma chineas a whole, all as will now be more fully set out and explained.

In the accompanying, drawings, A denotes the tub or body of the machine,which is supported on legs a. The curved under side or bottom is made ofsheet metal, preferably of tin or zinc B, the sides, A, of wood. On theinside of the tub Ais the usual curved grating or rack, O. The rubber Dis semicircular in cross-section, and is made of side pieces, d, towhich are secured the uprights d, by means of which the rubber isoscillated or raised and lowered on its journals e. The curved edge ofthe rubber has the usual slats or rack, d". The journals 0 are formed bythe ends of the bent wire E. This wire is secured by eyes or staple F tothe rear edge of the tub, so that its projecting ends on each side ofthe tub have free motion when it is desired to raise or lower therubber. The ends 0 of this wire E are properly bent to fit into the seatin the socket-pieces (1 which are fastened to the rubber on either side.Thus the rubber may be swung or oscillated, or raised or lowered.

The rubber is made to fit into the tub as Serial No. 114,091. (Nomodel.)

snugly as possible, and on the upper side or top of the rubber isattached the sheet-metal cover d. Thus while the expense of hinged lid,in one or several pieces, is avoided there will be no escape of steam orvapor from the tub, except at a portion of the sides and at the frontedge, since the top of the rubber is closed, and at the rear of the tubis provided an apron or guard, G. This apron can at its end be attachedto the wire E, between the staples which hold it to the edge of the tub,and then fitted to lap over the space between the rubber and the edge ofthe tub at the rear portion; or it may be in any other convenient Wayattached at one edge to the tub, so that it Shall cover the spacesaforesaid. In either instance it will act as a guard to prevent theescape of steam odor or vapor from this part of the tub. This apron orguard may be made of india-rubber, oil-cloth, sheet metal, or anysubstance that may be desired.

It will thus be seen that the present device is very simple instructure, and not liable to get out of order, and that by it manyobjections (heretofore raised against this particular class of devices)are obviated.

Having now described my invention, what I consider new, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a washing-machine, the combination of the tub A and rubber D withthe apron G, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, as described, the rubber D, its upper partcovered with suitable material, combined with its journal-wire E e, thetub A, and the apron G, whereby there is no escape of odor or steam atthe rear of the machine, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix. my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL D. FREDERICKS.

Witnesses:

MEL. 13. WHITE, T. A. CRosE.

